衙门 : government offi... : yá men | Definition | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary

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衙门 Trad. 衙門

yá men
government office in feudal China yamen

Example Usage
总理衙门 Trad. 總理衙門

zǒng lǐ yá men
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
铁打的衙门，流水的官 Trad. 鐵打的衙門，流水的官

tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) fig. government officials come and go
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